Healthy Living: Asparagus

It’s finally spring, when the new crops of vegetables start to appear. Springtime is peak season for one of my favorites – asparagus.I literally cannot eat enough of these green stalks (or yellow, if you buy the“white” variety). Apparently that’s a good thing, because asparagus is super-duper healthy.

First of all, it’s a great source of fiber, folate, vitamins A, C, E and K, as well as chromium, a trace mineral that helps process glucose.

Secondly, it’s high in glutathione, a compound that breaks down carcinogens and free radicals. Long words short: eating asparagus helps protect against and fight certain forms of cancer, such as bone, breast, colon, larynx and lung cancers.

Asparagus is rich in antioxidants. Who doesn’t love to slow the aging process?